Shannon's Journal Discussion Thread, Vol. 5

[Shannon]

@Shannon

What do you think the connection is between low self worth and fear?

Well, low self worth is the result of a learned belief set, which is learned by observing and interpreting the actions and speech of others.  Fear is a response to something that results from an assessment of threat in some way or at some level.  These two may have nothing to do with one another, or may be linked depending on the person, personality, their experiences, their interpretations and their reactions.

You can have a low sense of self worth, with no fear involved.  You can have fear with no low sense of self worth involved.  And in some cases, you can have low self worth resulting in fear.  If they are linked, usually the fear results from the low self worth evaluation, not the other way around.